CTY. COUNCIL v. CARL M. FREEMAN ASSOC.

[No. 9, September Term, 1977.]

281 Md. 70 (1977)

376 A.2d 860

COUNTY COUNCIL FOR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND v. CARL M. FREEMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Connaughton, Deputy County Attorney, and Steven M. Gilbert, Associate County Attorney, with whom was James C. Chapin, County Attorney, on the brief, for appellant.

Paul B. Rodbell and William V. Meyers, with whom were Alan R. Friedman and Meyers & Billingsley, P.A. on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE and ORTH, JJ., and RITA C. DAVIDSON, Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals, specially assigned.


DIGGES, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action, involving a comprehensive zoning amendment by petitioner County Council for Prince George's County, presents two essentially procedural issues for our consideration. On the one hand, the Council contends that this suit is not properly before us because respondent Carl M. Freeman Associates, Inc., instituted it by way of administrative appeal when no such remedy is provided by law. On the other hand, the...

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